Surfing lessons in Gower, a photo by TruPlaces on Flickr. What an amazing day. Our requests via #idiotathome on twitter led us to booking a surfing lesson on Gower. Gower is known for its surfing and not its over commercialised cheap-seats surfing too, so this is undoubtedly one of the best quality places in the

First proper day had arrived. Weather wet. Mood surprisingly upbeat. Realised that Milkwood should have a funky coffee machine (yep, and that is for my benefit, well for this week anyway!). Nice to have in front of us what my brother calls a ‘no deadline day’, the thought that I could have 7 of them

Woke up and finally accepted that this years Summer holiday was going to be in Swansea, precisely 17 minutes away. Dont get me wrong, I love our place Milkwood, we’ve put a lot of love and attention into it, but that wasn’t supposed to be for us, oh no, but this year I find myself